Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Carol's Journey
Carol comes to Spain with her mother and seems very happy to see her grandfather. She smiles and seems to enjoy the outdoors. They are traveling on a horse and buggy when she meets a boy with a slingshot around his neck. She sees him shoot a bird with it and yells at him. He takes her hat. Later she tries to get it back and he teases her with it. At this time, Carol does not seem to be fitting in too well with the others, but later they become good friends and she saves him from being hit by some soldiers. Carol fights against the conventionalism in the culture by trying to teach one of the servants to read. She is very kind to her and talks to her. She wants to help her and becomes her friend. Carol seems to try to adapt to the culture by agreeing to make her First Communion, but fights the conventionalism there by not wearing the traditional white dress. Her loving grandfather seems to support this idea. I didn't understand too much about the living arrangements after her mom dies. I think whe went to live with some relatives, but begs her grandfather to take her back with him. Carol also misses her father who is a pilot. On her birthday he bravely flies by where her party is and drops off a gift for her. SHe is so excited, but starts to worry when shots are fired at the plane. Luckily he flies away unharmed. Her friends show they respect her and that she fits in by dressing up and coming to her party. Carol has many issues to deal with in the film, such as moving to a new country, her mom's death and worry about her dad. She gets a school teacher to help her send a letter to her father. She doesn't want to worry her father and doesn't want him to know about her mom's death. She knows the fighting and flying is hard on him. Carol is very caring toward her family and friends and I think this is part of the warm climate culture. She puts people above everything. SHe is willing to risk her life by yelling at soldiers to distract them and try to save her father and friend. She tries to help her servant learn and is most excited about her friends coming to her birthday and her fathers air visit. She doesn't seem to care about the gifts. She does carry a scrapbook that she likes and seems to treasure. She is quite a remarkable young lady.
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I didn't like the living arrangements for Carol either. I am guessing this was her Aunt and Uncle. But they were so stiff and boring to her. Carol was a free spirit of sorts who loved nature and expressing herself in her journal. She cared for her mother and especially her father. Poor thing had a lot on her plate for being so young and uprooted from her home and then being without either of her parents. I know I would have a problem with that even at my age! Good blog!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even think about the fact that she was trying to teach the maid to read and write when I wrote my blog. This was really not something that would have been done in that era. I did display her warm/hot climate side of her nature. I think that she was a good mix of hot and cold climate. You could really tell she was a go gettet, no nonsense type of person. I could figure out how her aunt ended up with her sisters fiancee. I thought that was strange, and likely contributed to the aunts unhappiness in her household and resentment of Carol. I too agree that Carol was a remarkable young woman.
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